Assessment of Cancer-Related Fatigue on the Lives of Patients

Doctoral Thesis / Dissertation from the year 2017 in the subject Medicine - Neoplasms Oncology grade: A course: mph language: English abstract: A cross-sectional study entitled Assessment of Cancer-Related Fatigue on the lives of patients conducted at National Institute of Cancer Research & Hospital Mohakhali Dhaka Ahsania Mission Cancer & General Hospital Mirpur 13 Dhaka and Kurmitola General Hospital Dhaka among 267 cancer patients has assessed the level of Cancer-Related Fatigue (CRF) using The Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy Fatigue Scale (FACT-F) version 4 evaluates the socioeconomic impact and explores the distressing symptom on patients' functioning and Quality of Life. Data was collected by face to face interview using a Pre-tested Semi-structured questionnaire. Among 267 patients 55.8% were male & 44.2% female. The majority (40.1%) cancer patients were in 36-55 age group. The mean age was 46.11 (SD ± 16.548) years with minimum age 16 & maximum 83 years. [...]